natserv (version 1.0.0)

ns_altid: Get taxon by uid, id, or elCode

Description

Get taxon by uid, id, or elCode

Usage

ns_altid(uid = NULL, id = NULL, el_code = NULL, ...)

Arguments

uid

(character) A NatureServe taxon id (The taxon<U+2019>s Element Global UID)

id

The primary key value (ELEMENT_GLOBAL_ID) of the record within Central Biotics

el_code

The Biotics Element Code (ELCODE_BCD) of the record

...

Curl options passed on to verb-GET

Value

A list with lots of elements

Details

see https://explorer.natureserve.org/api-docs/#_taxon_data_model for details on the response data

References

https://explorer.natureserve.org/api-docs/

Examples

# NOT RUN {
ns_altid(uid = "ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154701")
ns_altid(id = "154701")
ns_altid(el_code = "PDRAN0F010")
# }